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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
      Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                              
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2007      2008      2008      2007      2007      2008      2008      2008      2008  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                     WHITE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  187,843   189,019   189,147   187,843   189,093   188,787   188,906   189,019   189,147 
    Civilian labor force.......................  123,944   124,679   124,599   124,433   125,460   125,340   124,940   125,190   125,171 
        Participation rate.....................     66.0      66.0      65.9      66.2      66.3      66.4      66.1      66.2      66.2 
      Employed.................................  119,231   118,827   119,341   119,505   119,889   119,858   119,534   119,574   119,667 
        Employment-population ratio............     63.5      62.9      63.1      63.6      63.4      63.5      63.3      63.3      63.3 
      Unemployed...............................    4,713     5,853     5,258     4,928     5,571     5,482     5,406     5,616     5,504 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.8       4.7       4.2       4.0       4.4       4.4       4.3       4.5       4.4 
    Not in labor force.........................   63,899    64,339    64,548    63,410    63,633    63,447    63,966    63,829    63,975 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   65,104    65,292    65,110    65,135    65,506    65,470    65,270    65,342    65,183 
        Participation rate.....................     76.4      76.1      75.8      76.4      76.3      76.4      76.1      76.2      75.9 
      Employed.................................   62,857    62,214    62,483    62,837    62,929    62,924    62,745    62,665    62,507 
        Employment-population ratio............     73.8      72.5      72.8      73.7      73.3      73.5      73.2      73.1      72.8 
      Unemployed...............................    2,247     3,078     2,627     2,298     2,577     2,546     2,524     2,677     2,676 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.5       4.7       4.0       3.5       3.9       3.9       3.9       4.1       4.1 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................   53,443    54,201    54,102    53,496    54,286    54,192    54,078    54,264    54,211 
        Participation rate.....................     59.6      60.1      60.0      59.7      60.2      60.2      60.0      60.2      60.1 
      Employed.................................   51,677    52,093    52,195    51,640    52,107    52,143    52,004    52,061    52,182 
        Employment-population ratio............     57.7      57.8      57.9      57.6      57.8      57.9      57.7      57.7      57.8 
      Unemployed...............................    1,766     2,108     1,907     1,857     2,179     2,049     2,075     2,202     2,029 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.3       3.9       3.5       3.5       4.0       3.8       3.8       4.1       3.7 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    5,397     5,187     5,386     5,801     5,668     5,678     5,592     5,584     5,777 
        Participation rate.....................     41.4      39.7      41.2      44.5      43.3      43.5      42.8      42.7      44.2 
      Employed.................................    4,698     4,519     4,663     5,029     4,853     4,791     4,785     4,848     4,978 
        Employment-population ratio............     36.1      34.6      35.7      38.6      37.1      36.7      36.6      37.1      38.1 
      Unemployed...............................      699       667       723       773       815       887       807       736       799 
        Unemployment rate......................     13.0      12.9      13.4      13.3      14.4      15.6      14.4      13.2      13.8 
                                                                                                                                         
           BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   27,385    27,709    27,746    27,385    27,704    27,640    27,675    27,709    27,746 
    Civilian labor force.......................   17,353    17,601    17,654    17,483    17,538    17,713    17,632    17,702    17,753 
        Participation rate.....................     63.4      63.5      63.6      63.8      63.3      64.1      63.7      63.9      64.0 
      Employed.................................   15,997    16,010    16,207    16,048    15,961    16,090    16,169    16,116    16,234 
        Employment-population ratio............     58.4      57.8      58.4      58.6      57.6      58.2      58.4      58.2      58.5 
      Unemployed...............................    1,356     1,591     1,447     1,435     1,577     1,623     1,463     1,586     1,520 
        Unemployment rate......................      7.8       9.0       8.2       8.2       9.0       9.2       8.3       9.0       8.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   10,032    10,109    10,092     9,902    10,165     9,927    10,043    10,007     9,992 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,801     7,839     7,905     7,849     7,883     7,916     7,947     7,922     7,945 
        Participation rate.....................     70.8      70.4      70.9      71.3      70.7      71.3      71.5      71.2      71.3 
      Employed.................................    7,163     7,140     7,243     7,196     7,218     7,259     7,320     7,255     7,278 
        Employment-population ratio............     65.1      64.1      65.0      65.4      64.7      65.4      65.8      65.2      65.3 
      Unemployed...............................      638       698       662       652       665       656       627       667       667 
        Unemployment rate......................      8.2       8.9       8.4       8.3       8.4       8.3       7.9       8.4       8.4 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,787     9,032     9,039     8,792     8,803     8,921     8,866     9,016     9,038 
        Participation rate.....................     63.9      64.9      64.9      64.0      63.4      64.3      63.8      64.8      64.9 
      Employed.................................    8,296     8,368     8,419     8,268     8,187     8,266     8,289     8,336     8,374 
        Employment-population ratio............     60.4      60.2      60.4      60.2      59.0      59.6      59.6      59.9      60.1 
      Unemployed...............................      491       664       620       525       617       654       577       680       664 
        Unemployment rate......................      5.6       7.3       6.9       6.0       7.0       7.3       6.5       7.5       7.4 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................      765       730       710       842       851       876       819       764       771 
        Participation rate.....................     29.1      27.4      26.6      32.0      32.0      33.0      30.8      28.7      28.9 
      Employed.................................      537       501       545       584       556       564       560       525       582 
        Employment-population ratio............     20.4      18.8      20.4      22.2      20.9      21.2      21.0      19.7      21.8 
      Unemployed...............................      228       229       165       258       295       313       259       239       189 
        Unemployment rate......................     29.8      31.3      23.3      30.6      34.7      35.7      31.7      31.3      24.5 
                                                                                                                                         
                     ASIAN                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   10,545    10,645    10,658      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Civilian labor force.......................    6,951     7,184     7,220      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     65.9      67.5      67.7      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    6,723     6,928     6,985      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     63.8      65.1      65.5      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      228       256       234      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      3.3       3.6       3.2      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Not in labor force.........................    3,594     3,462     3,438      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
  
     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     2 Data not available.
     NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.
  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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